24th February 2024 Daily Current Affairs
International Affairs
1. India and Bangladesh Collaborate for Transboundary Tiger Conservation
- A cross-border initiative, focused on harmonious coexistence with tigers in the Sunderbans, seeks to preserve biodiversity in both India and Bangladesh.
- The people-centric engagement took place at Joymoni, Bagerhat District, Bangladesh, under the Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Program supported by IUCN and Germany’s KfW Development Bank.
- The WTI partnered with the Lokamata Rani Rashmoni Mission, Joynagar (West Bengal), and WildTeam, Bangladesh.
International Affairs
2. Japan commits ODA loan of JPY 232.209 billion for nine projects in India
- The Govt. of Japan has committed an Official Development Assistance loan of an amount of JPY 232.209 billion for nine (09) projects in various sectors.
- India and Japan have had a long and fruitful history of bilateral development cooperation since 1958.
- Economic partnership, a key pillar of India-Japan relations, has steadily progressed in the last few years.
Obituaries
3. Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq passes away
- Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq (93-years) died during treatment at a private hospital in Moradabad.
- He was elected Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh) for the fifth time in 2019.
- Shafiqur Rahman Barq was the oldest member of the current Lok Sabha.
